Design Is Philosophy
Tuturials, thoughts, ideas and information about web design and digital media by Morten Rand-Hendriksen, designer, developer, digital media expert, information philosopher, speaker and author of the Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web in 24 Hours series (version 2, 3 and 4), Lynda.com's WordPress 3.0 Essential Training course and Microsoft Expression Web 4 LiveLessons and creative director of Pink & Yellow Media - a Vancouver based digital media company.
Category Archives: WordPress as CMS
Using WordPress in Alternate Configurations – My WordCamp Whistler 09 Presentation
Feb. 3, 2009
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Finally, after a full week of catching up, here is the video tutorial version of my presentation at WordCamp Whistler 09 for those who were there and those who couldn’t come. The video is also available on WordPress.tv if you’d … Continue reading
New WordPress-based Site: AnnyChih.com
Jan. 30, 2009
Two weekends ago my sister-in-law Anny Chih asked for some help sprucing up her WordPress blog. She wanted to apply for The Best Job in the World – the Tourism Queensland online video contest where you post a 1 minute … Continue reading
Code snippets from my WordCamp presentation
Jan. 24, 2009
Here are some code snippets from my WordCamp Whistler presentation. This article will be expanded in the coming week but in the meantime here they are for anyone wanting to play around with them: Custom Page Templates in 5 lines … Continue reading
Speaking about WordPress as CMS at WordCamp Whistler – What do you want me to cover?
Jan. 12, 2009
I am speaking at WordCamp Whistler on January 24th on the topic of using WordPress to create, design and manage “non-blog” web sites – in other words using WordPress as a CMS. If you follow this blog you know that … Continue reading
WordCamp Whistler Pitch: Moving Beyond the Blog – Building Web Sites with WordPress as the CMS
Dec. 19, 2008
WordCamp is coming to the wonderful winter wonderland of Whistler on January 24th, 2009 and I’d like to throw my name in the hat of presenters and share some of what I’ve learned working with everyone’s favourite blogging platform WordPress … Continue reading
Introducing Design is Philosophy
Nov. 5, 2008
After finishing a series of projects long overdue I finally had a couple of days to sit down and redesign my much neglected blog. Over the summer I’ve jotted down ideas and sketches for this blog but I’ve never really … Continue reading
New WordPress based site: The Reader’s Companion
Oct. 2, 2008
In conjunction with the release of my new book Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 2 in 24 Hours I have created a Reader’s Companion site where the readers can download lesson files, dive deeper into the world of Expression … Continue reading
WordPress Standard Search Widget Not Working
Jun. 23, 2008
UPDATE: So it turns out the problem was caused by the Ultimate Tag Warrior plugin. Once deactivated, the search box is now working properly. I’ll drop Christine Davis a line about this problem when I have time. So my friend … Continue reading
WordPress as CMS – The Project
Mar. 12, 2008
I’ve been talking about this for a while now and it’s time I got a little more specific. It is my contention that with some small tweaks, WordPress can be used as an excellent Content Management System (CMS) and used … Continue reading